Telescope for surveying instruments.



APPLICATION FILED APR-1, 1907 PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented June 23, 190".

A ice-tier. filed. April 1, 1907. Eeriel No, 355,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thet l, FRANK Hermann, citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain. new sncl useful Improvements in Telescopes for Surveyin instruments; and I do declare the followin to be a. full, clear, and exact (ioscription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a. teins to make and se the same, refe ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and. to the letters and iigures of reference merkesl thereon, which form a part of -Is specification.

l /ly invention relates to improvements telescopes for surveying instruments, my object being to IGVlCl'. an instrument ol this class Whose tu e shell be of less 1 ngth their the ordinary telescope Without interfering with the proper focus of magnification. 1" other words it is necessary that the reys 0 light shall travel. iromthe lens of the telescope, a predetermined distance in order to properly magnify the object in View. By

T employ a plumeans of T improvement, l rslity o'r prisms set into it case between the eye piece and the body of the tube, whereby the rays of light are reflected and caused travel in an irregular peth, thus increasing the length of travel end making it practicable to employ a tube of less length than under Ordinary conditions. By using s-tube of less length, the supporting standard of the instrument may also be made shorter, all of which is extremely advantageous in instruments of this class.

Having briefly outlined my invention, 1 will proceed to describe the same in detail reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated on embodiment thereof.-

in this drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of e uryeying instrument equipped, with my improves telescope. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the eye-piece extremity of the instrument, cutting the prism case on the forward extremity of the tube. Fig. 3 is 2. View illustrating the relative arrangement of the two prisms Within the prism case, the dotted. line showing the path of a ray of light refracted by the prisms- Fig. l 2.- View looking in the direction of arrow in 3. Fig. 3 may also be said to be a. view looking in the direction of arrow in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the eye-piece BXtT6H1- ity of a telescope provided with my improvement. In this View the lateral adjustment of the eye-piece illustrated. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the telescope which is shown in detail. Fig. 'I is section taken through the pr! :11 case showing the relative arrangement of the two prisms.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

' et the numeral 5 designate the tube of the telescope which is trunnioned at 6 on support 7 resting upon the base 8. To the rear eX tremity ct the tube is slitlebly mounted a prism case 9. To the forward. extremity of this case is'secured a plate 10 having 9. dovetahccove lZnds-pted to receive 9. tongue 13 -Eormetl on the rear extremity of the tube. 3y virtue of this construction the prism case in y be laterally adjustable in order to bring its prisms into proper relation with the tube whereby the rays of light passing fromthe object may be properly reflected. l/Vithin Y the body of this prism case which is an integral structure, is located a diaphragm 14 provided with rec sses l5 end 16 formed in its opposite surfaces and in which are fit two prisms 17 and 38 occupying positions at right to each other. A. base of each risin the rest of the diupluagm "While its apex oi one prism engaged by the iorward plate 10 which is provided with a. leaf spring 20 forming cushion beariug'on the apex of the prism; while the prism 18 is similarly held in pl so by a rear plate 21 of the prism casing, the same being provided with aspring forming a yielding oeerlng for the prism.

The end plate Bl of the prism and the e epiece 23, are slidebly connected by a suite. is

tongue and groove construction which is in- (iicatecl by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The connection is such that the eyeiece may be leterelly adjusted, at right ang es to the adjustment of the prism case. The object of these adjustments is to bring the eyepiece and the rlsms into ore er operative relation with.

the tube of the instrument. In my imroyecl instrument the prisms are securel nelcl in place against displacement or actjustment wh ch ezrceeoingly important in instruments oi this class. I therefore rely upon the adjustments which I am able to obtain by virtue of the special connection of the prise case wi h tube and the eyepiece with the prism case, whereby both of these devices may be laterally adjusted at will, thus making practicable to bring all the parts of the instrument into proper harmony and cooperation under all circumstances without disturbing the relative relation of the two prisms.

' From the foregoing description the use and be again refracted in the direction indicated by the dotted line D, at right angles to the line C and parallel with the line B until it enters the base of the other rism when it will be again subjectedto refraction in the line E at right angles to the line D, anrbagain server. By virtue of this explanation it will i in the limb at right angles to the line E and parallel with the lines B and D, and thence through the eye-piece to the eye of the ob be understood that the arrangement of the prisms causes the reflection of the ray of 'ght whereby it is made to travel a sufficient distance. to allow the making of the telescope tube much shorter than the ordinary tube, without interfering with the proper focus of magnification.

In shortening the telescope I find it necessary to sup )ort the spirit level tube by means of outwardly inclined or offset arms 24. The per extremities of these arms is secured to re telescope as far 2. )art as possible. However, by inclining t em in both directions toward the extremities of the telescope, a spirit level tube 25 of suitable length for accurate work is obtained. Without this special construction of' support, the telescope tube would be too shortfor practical purposes.

Having tnus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A telescope for surveying instruments provided with a tube, a case containin a plurality of prisms, thesaid case being aterally adjustable upon the tube for the purpose set forth.

2. A telescope provided with a tube, an eyepiece, a case containing a plurality of prisms arranged to reflect the light between the tube and the eye-piece, .the said case being laterally adjustable on the tube, substantially as described 3. A telescope for surveying instruments provided with a tube, an eyepiece, a case containing a plurality of prisms adapted to reflect the light in its passage from the tube to the eye-piece, said case being slidably adjustable in a lateral direction upon the tube, the eye-piece being laterally adjustable upon the prism case, substantially as described.

4.,.A telescope provided with a tube, a

case containing a plurality of-prisrns, the said case being laterally adjustable upon the tube, and an eye-piece being laterally adjustable on the case at right angles to the adjustment of the case on thetube, substantially as described.

' 5. A telescope for surveying instruments, provided with a spirit level tube and supporting arms therefor, the said arms being connected with the telescope and being out wardly inclined or offset in both directions toward the extremities of the telescope, whereby a spirit level tube of suitable length may be employed.

6. A telescope provided with a tube, an eye piece, a casing whose body portion is formed integral or in one piece and contains a plurality of prisms arranged to reflect the light between the tube and e e piece, said casing being laterally adjustable on the tube,

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HEITZLER.

Witnesses DENA NELsON, MAY GAWLEY. 

